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Google rolled out Google music. This new feature allows you to search a band, or song name in Google search, and displays the Google music feature at the top of the list.

The Google music feature is posted at the top of a search for band or song content searches. When the specific link is clicked […]

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Stanford University and Google have always had a close relationship, and now there is a clearer value on it: $336 million, the amount the university made from selling its Google stock.

Stanford received the stock, 1.8 million shares, in exchange for giving the Mountain View company the right to use its key Internet search technology, which […]

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CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhance Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam).

Great new Firefox extention that enhances Google Search.
Features

* Use Google Suggest (suggest words while you’re typing)
* Add links to competitors
* Rewrite links to point straight to […]

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Travelers at London’s Heathrow Airport have been flocking to a free pilot program called Google Space that may be a harbinger of the search firm’s future plans.

Google dropped ten laptops for travelers at Londons Heathrow airport to try out six Google programs: Google Earth, Google Local, Google Toolbar, Google Mobile, Google Mail, and Picasa.
This […]

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Google writes some code to make it easier to add your feed to users personal Google homepages or to the Google Reader.

The “Add to Google” button makes it easier for people to stay up to date with your website. The button helps you promote your site by making it easy for readers to quickly add […]

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An October list of patents believed to be assigned to Google are now available. A CD-ROM containing a series of links to more than 120 PDF documents

The Google patent CD-Rom, contains an index on each patent, title of the patent, the first sentance from each patent for more than 120 PDF documents.
A single CD-ROM costs […]

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A couple in Sweden has named their new-born son “Google”, reportedly because the baby’s father is a search fan!

Ok, we are all search fans, but sometimes Google fans take things a tad too far. A couple in Sweden has apparently named his little bundle of joy Google! The father is in search-engine marketing which says […]

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Webmasters are so bogged down with the weight of PageRank as the measure of importance of their website. Have we forgotten that it takes more to ranking well than just PageRank? This article takes a look at other “Ranks” that could be important to you, and ultimately to the Search Engines.

Google’s PageRank has been around […]

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